nightmare for myself and my family. my mother has suffered as well as my children. i would like to get back to normal. >> reporter: investigators say the fbi found no evidence of ricin in a search of curtis' home. as curtis was being let negotiation the fbi was searching a second mississippi location. the tupelo home of a man named jay edward acquaintance of curtis. >> i had nothing to do with those letters. >> reporter: meanwhile, they say alarms went off the a mail facility at bowling air brace, indicating the presence of dangerous toxins. further tests showed no specific package but they're taking more samples. bottom line, an innocent man has been cleared and whoever is sending the letters may still be out there, matt. >> i'll take it. we have new details on the boston marathon bombings and what the tsarnaev brothers were doing in the months leading up to that attack.

nbc's jeff rossen is in boston with the story. jeff, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning to you. lots to tell you about this morning. we want to begin with a milestone in the city of boston. overnight, they rye opened boylston street. we want to show you the site of the first bomb. this is where the first bomb went off. and as we zoom in as the cameraman does here, you can see on the left, the orange cones marked off by the cope, it's an eerie sight, watching people walk to morning this morning, right around them. some of them taking photos. we also have new developments in the investigation. fbi have fanned out around the world from here in the u.s. to russia where they're interviewing the suspects' parents. and we're learning much more about the suspects, closing if on a motive and how they may have built those bombs.

just months before the bombings, tamerlan tsarnaev shop here at this fireworks store in new hampshire. the store owner said he purchased these large lock and load mortar kits. 48 fireworks in all. what was his demeanor when he bought this? >> just a normal everyday customer. he wasn't overly friendly or rude. >> reporter: from his hospital bed, bombing suspect dzhokhar is filling in the blanks saying they learned how to make a bomb from the internet. dzhokhar told investigators he and his brother acted alone and offered a motive, too. the brothers believe the u.s. wars in iraq and afghanistan were an attack on islam. the day after the boston attack, dzhokhar spoke with college friends at the gym. >> i talked to him about how it was crazy that we had a bombing in boston. >> you said that, you talked about the bombing?

>> yes, i said it's a real tragedy that it's happened in afghanistan and around the world. >> reporter: meanwhile, tamerlan's wife katie lives in seclusion at her parents' home in rhode island. >> the reports of violence by her husband and brother-in-law came as an absolute shock to me all. >> reporter: and the victims' families continue to mourn. funerals for slain m.i.t. officer sean collier and 8-year-old martin richard whose family held a private service. saying in a statement, we laid our son mart ton rest. and now he is at peace. city and state officials have created a charity for the victim. it's called the one fund. so far, they have raised $20 million and counting. savannah, another critical day in the investigation going forward. investigators now analyzing

phone calls event mails from the suspect. trying to verify the younger brother's story that they acted alone. >> thank you. let's get to justice correspondent pete williams following the investigation from the investigative ends. pete, good morning. let me try to track down one thing that's been in some newspapers, and that is, these suspects may have been intent on traveling to new york. what do you know about that? >> i think that's been pretty well discounted by now. it's based on a statement made with the owner of the car that was carjacked. he told investigators that most of the time the two brothers spoke a foreign language. they said, well, did you understand anything they said. he said, yes, i thought they said the word manhattan. how many people say i'm going to manhattan. people say i'm going to new york. he didn't really understand what they were saying unless they were speaking english. it's certainly something to be considered that day. that's why they stopped a train that they thought he might have been on. i think by now, they discounted it. >> meanwhile, on capitol hill,

lawmaker has a closed-door meeting about the investigation. a lot of senators came out expressing concerns that potentially agencies were not sharing information with regard to tamerlan's trip to russia in 2012. is this another case, where as we saw after 9/11, there's concern that agencies weren't another? >> well, the fbi insists that they were contacted about tamerlan tsarnaev once in early 2011 by the russian intelligence service which said it had reason to believe that he was becominging a follower of radical islam. agents checked the u.s. terrorism databases, they were looking for such things as contact with suspected terrorists. then they interviewed him and members of his family and found nothing negative. officials said they asked the fbi for more information and never got a response. so they say that was the only contact from the russians. when a foreign government indicates concern about a u.s. person, when that person is checked out and nothing negative

is found, should the case be closed? or should it create some yellow flag in the system? should that person be on some kind of watch list, so if future questions arise or future travel plans are known, that person's state tuesday can be rechecked. >> an issue for lawmakers to grapple with in the coming days. pete williams in washington. thank you. for more on the attack and special ans, a superb "date line" right here on nbc. floodwaters rising to record levels in part of the midwest and more rain add to get misery. nbc's kevin tibbles is in hard-hit peoria, illinois. kevin, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. a citizen's army lined up here in illinois, the mississippi river and elsewhere, all battling to hold the historic high waters back. homes under water in peoria, has the swollen illinois river crests at record levels.

>> we're amazed at the power of the water. >> reporter: the city's popular riverfront has been completely consumed by the river. >> this is probably the highest the river's ever been. >> reporter: and dozen of peoria businesses have been swamped. take a look at one neighborhood on higher ground. homes perched precariously after a series of landslides. >> we only had a short time to get out. >> reporter: several roads remain closed in the st. louis area. in clarksville, residents are stepping up sandbagging efforts. block after block piled with waterlogged belongings. >> you take a look around, it's like a war zone. >> reporter: some like rebecca had to flee by boat. >> there's fish even in her basement. >> reporter: in fargo, north dakota, more than 500 semis hit the streets, loaded with sandbags.

back here in peoria, david lahood vows to rebuild. >> it's just a house. we're just glad it's not floating away. >> reporter: this part of the country was in extreme drought this time last year, now, many farmers with all this water are starting to ask what's going to be happening to their crops this year. >> thank you. the fbi is now investigating the high-profile hacking of the associated press' twitter account. a fake message was posted claiming there was an attack on the white house and it caused a brief and costly panic on wall street. nbc's white house correspondent peter alexander has details on this. peter, good morning. >> savannah, good morning to you. the ap twitter account is still suspended this morning because the bogus tweet actually dealt with the president, the secret service tells us it's monitoring the situation as well. there are more than 140 million accounts in the u.s. alone. and twitter has proven to be both an incredible tool for information. but as we learned once again, it's also a venue vulnerable to

cyberattack. >> reporter: what a difference 140 characters makes. or in this case, just 71. the tweet from the associated press tuesday afternoon read if the breaking: two explosions in the white house and barack obama is injured." of course, it wasn't true. the ap quickly announced that it had been hacked. >> everybody please have a seat. >> reporter: and there was the president in the rose garden an hour later. but then, the message had ricocheted through the twitter-verse, even taking an immediate to on wall street. >> market has fallen apart a bill lit. >> reporter: within three minutes the dow dropped 140 points. before gaining it all back. the ap is in good company. cbs' "60 minutes" account is still suspended after being hacked last weekend. npr just days earlier. twitter is accelerated for its speed and accessibility and even credited for fueling revolutions in the middle east.

but it's also become what some say is the world's most powerful rumor mill. before the tsarnaev brothers were id'd in the bombing thousands on twitter had blamed two innocent men. >> people are blaming, passing it along without thinking what they would do in real life. in to wit, unclick away and that's how rumors become viral like computer viruses do. >> reporter: an era of misinformation, with potentially serious consequences. so who's behind the latest hackings. the solid syrian. they've claimed it for the ap and other hacks. you can imagine they're revisiting their own social media policies to make sure they're not the next. >> we hope so. peter alexander in washington. we turn to natalie following tragic building collapse.

>> this happened in bangladesh that apparently has killed 70 people. the eight-story building was the site of several garment factories. officials do expect the death toll may rise. air travel is getting smoother across much of the country but the government is warning passengers that furloughs of air traffic controllers could still cause more delays. those furloughs were caused by budget cuts and airlines and members of corning now you calling for the faa to find other ways to slash spending. u.s. justice department has filed a formal explain aens language armstrong. violated $17 million contract with the u.s. postal service. over the course of seven years. armstrong's attorneys called the complaint sincere and fired back saying that the usps benefited enormously by sponsoring him. protests in france turned

violent this morning. lawmakers say the first same-sex weddings could come as early as this june. and now let's head to wall street. cnbc's mary thompson is at the new york stock exchange. good morning to you, mary. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. apple's profits falls for the first time in a decade and the firm is forecasting slower growth. still, the maker of ipads and ipods plans to return $100 billion to investors by 2015 in the form of stock buybacks and higher dividends. apple's rival, samsung, begins opening its stores within a store at 1,400 best buys nationwide today. and the market's on a three-day win streak following tuesday's gains. back to you. >> mary thompson at the new york stock exchange, thank you. a police officer in columbia performed an amazing save when a man on a commuter platform allegedly tried to hurl himself in front of an oncoming plane. while the police officer nabbed him by the back of his shirt, threw him to the ground, saved his life. thank goodness for that. 7:15 right now. back to matt, savannah, and al.

>> all right, thank you so much. mr. roker's got a check of the weather. >> got a lot of cold air to talk about, especially out west. let's show you what we've got. first of all, we're talking about frost advisories, freeze warnings, and hard freeze warnings, stretching from the southwest into the midwest. these are record-low temperatures. north platte, 16. oklahoma city, 32. 21 in taos. pueblo, 20 degrees. and as we make our way during the day today, denver is 13 degrees below normal, dallas, 65. 61 in memphis. 51 in chicago. yesterday's first game of the rockies' double-header with the braves was the coldest start to their game ever. and as you can see today, we've got rain making its way from the ohio river valley into the gulf coast. plenty of sunshine in the pacific northwest. gorgeous day in the northwest. we're going to take a look at your west coast forecast, coming up. but first, this message. clear for 10 days! when your allergies start, doctors recommend taking one non-drowsy claritin every day during your allergy season for continuous relief. 18 days!

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morning. it's a problem that kills as many as 3,300 people every year. well, now the government is asking automakers to limit how you use touch screens in your cars. nbc's tom costello has more on that. tom, good morning. >> reporter: hi, matt. we're talking about how long your fingers should be able to touch a screen to change a radio station, dial a phone number, even texting messages while you're driving. because every second that your eyes are not on the road, you, your passengers, other drivers are at risk. >> i just want to give up so bad. >> reporter: you may have seen will craig on the internet. >> i'm currently suffering from a severe traumatic brain injury. >> will's life changed forever five years ago when he was riding in a car in which the driver was speeding and texting. >> she texted the word "where" and the letter "r." and it kills me every time i see someone texting and driving. >> reporter: each day, americans

transmit an astonishing 6 billion text messages. and in january, aaa reported nearly 35% of drivers admitted to reading a text or e-mail while driving in the past month. 26% admitted to typing while driving. now. the department of transportation is asking automakers for help. to install technology that limits the time a driver must take his or her eyes off the road to two seconds at a time, 12 seconds in a total, by disabling text messaging, web surfing, and video phoning while the car is moving. >> we're not mandating it, but we're saying if you do this, we think it will save lives. >> reporter: meanwhile, another study out from texas a&m finds that voice-activating texting, where the user dictates a text message, rather than types it in manually, is no safer than manual texting. >> what we found was is that the response times were about two times slower, no matter which texting method was used. >> my whole, my dreams, my ambitions, they're taken -- i

was robbed of them. they were taken from me. no, they were stolen from me. >> reporter: as for limiting what you can do in a car, that's integrated with the technologies integrated into the car itself, the car industry says it supports this, but it's also concerned that drivers will simply switch back to mare manual devices and these can also, of course, be very distracting. they want to see if there's a way to block this technology while the car is in motion as well. >> i love that campaign that's out there, it can wait. tom costello, thanks very much. coming up, amanda knox speaks out in depth in an interview about what she faced during her four years in an italian prison and why she says she is still suffering. and the anchor who lost his job for cursing in the first moments of his first anchoring broadcast. he'll explain to us how that happened. we'll open his mic. but first, this is "today" on

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it is 7:26. good morning, everybody. i'm jon kelley. caltrans expected to reveal new information about construction problems on the new span of that bay bridge. it's been more a than a month since the agency discovered 32 broken rods on the new span. still trying out how to fibs it. options will be discussed at a meeting later on this morning. fixing the rods not the only roadblock for the bridge's scheduled labor day opening.

crews keeping a close eye on another batch of rods manufactured two years off the faulty rods. officials say those rods will have to be strength tested as well. police in and sheriff's deputies on the lookout for this man. 42-year-old dmitry storm was last seen in monterey county april 17th where officers say he stole a gray mercedes, later found in palo alto. they believe he may have also stolen cars in marin, santa cruz and monterey counties happening in early april. rob mayeda tells us it's kind of cool. >> it is. fog and mists across the coast and fran as we get into the afternoon. it will fill back in as we head toward the evening. cooler day today. highs in the 60s in san

francisco over toward oakland. mid 70s closer to san jose. low clouds fill in and then we warm moving into the weekend. traffic filling in nicely here, rob. 101 northbound north of 680. last hp minute lane change. someone getting into the traffic flow here. be careful out there. it is crowded. the map will show you the entire south bay reviews kicking in. crash just to the area where we looked with the camera on north 280. sounds like it's cleared from lanes. all the way in toward cupertino. additional slowing north of the airport. here is your southbound route slowing into fremont. backed up toward 238. jon? another update half an hour from now. the "today" show coming back at you. wow, the track looks perfect.

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next north dakota news. your news leader in high definition. >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> by now, you've probably seen and heard the tape. a local anchor whose first day anchoring in the studio, and then he was fired for accidentally cursing on air. well, this morning, a.j. clemente is in our studio to talk about what happened, when he realized what he said had gone over the air, and what he's planning to do now. 7:30 now on a wednesday morning. it's the 24th of april, 2013.

i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer. a.j.'s a great guy. >> he's got a good attitude. he said to me on the phone yesterday, if i wasn't the guy right there on the videotape, i'd be laughing with the rest of america about that. anyway, we'll talk to a.j. coming up. also ahead, one of these oscar winners is a winner once again this morning. she's just been crowned "people" magazine's world's most beautiful. we'll tell you which one has received that honor. all right, and ryan seacrest was here yesterday. this morning, grammy-winning singer michael buble is here to help us guest host our 8:00 hour. not only will he throw plates, he's going to perform for us too. >> just like a musician, he's trashing the green room. and toemorrow, i'll have a live interview with president george w. bush and his wife, laura, down at smu. we'll get his take on the headlines and find out how the former first couple is doing in their new role as grandparents. but we want to begin this

half hour with amanda knox speaking out about the death of her roommate, the legal drama that followed, and her years spent in an italian prison. it's a case that she says still haunts her today. here's nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: it's been a year and a half since amanda knox's tearful homecoming. >> what's important for me to say is just thank you to everyone. >> reporter: since then, she has said little else. but in an interview with "people" magazine on newsstands friday, the now 25-year-old opens up, saying, it never occurred to me that i would be considered a suspect. knox was an exchange student in italy, when her roommate, meredith kercher, was brutally murdered. knox and then boyfriend raffaele sollecito were accused, prosecutors painting knox as a vixen for cuddling with sollecito instead of crying. >> she says that there were all sorts of moments of heartbreak that we did not see, where she was weeping. >> reporter: in her new memoir, "waiting t ining to be heard," s

she wants to set the record straight. she tells "people," i am not a murderer, and describes her anguish during her four years in an italian prison. >> amanda describes her ordeal as being one where her privacy was invaded, where the guards were leering and touching and in her space. >> reporter: knox says she considered suicide and credits her family and sollecito with keeping her going. the two aren't together anymore, but she says they are close and talk often. knox is back in seattle, back in school, dating an old friend who wrote her letters in prison. she has no plans to go back to italy for a new trial and says she is often still paralyzed by fear and worries about kercher's family. saying her father thinks i'm the killer of his daughter and that's painful. i really hope they read my book. for "today," kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. >> interesting to hear from her. we'll take a turn now and get a check of the weather from al. >> savannah, thank you so much. we're hanging out here, all of

our -- oh, they're all getting together now. so whose birthday is it? >> mine. >> what's your name? >> may, may merriwhether. >> reporte >> celebrating 50? >> actually, my birthday's not until september, but i'm celebrating all year. >> it's the year-long celebration of may. and your month is coming up. let's show you what we've got for today. as we take a look at the west coast, beautiful day today, plenty of sunshine, san diego to l.a., temperature in the 60s. inland 80s for fresno. we're looking at a beautiful day right along the border, medford, oregon, 81 degrees. and as we head into the pacific northwest, plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the low 70s. rest of the country, we expect to see a beautiful day here in the east, but there is rain making its way from western new york into the central gulf. plenty of breezy conditions, northern california, rain and snow showers in the upper mississippi river valley. we're waking up to some changes in the bay area.

first, the low clouds back of the golden gate bridge and misty skies for your morning drive. quite cool. san francisco only in the low 60s. mid 60s closer to oakland. mid 70s in san jose. tomorrow expect more clouds further inland than we saw this morning, leading to a cooler thursday. as we head into the weekend high pressure should warm back up starting saturday. >> don't forget to check that weather anytime you need it. go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. matt? >> all right, al, thank you very much. now to an emotional reunion that's tied to that tragedy in boston. a 20-year-old college student getting the chance to thank the individuals who saved her life. nbc's kerry sanders was there. kerry, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning, matt. not a dry eye here on the sixth floor of tufts medical center, and for good reason. victoria mcgrath says she owes her life to four strangers. >> my leg is like throbbing.

>> reporter: pain that only a mother's hug can comfort. >> i was literally five feet away from where the first bomb went off. i don't know how you can put a bomb there and look at the people around and know that you're going to kill them. i don't -- i don't understand it. >> reporter: victoria mcgrath's rescue was captured in this iconic image. >> thank you. >> reporter: on tuesday, victoria met the man who carried her to safe, firefighter jimmy plurd. >> you looked right at me, like, i'm so scared, and i'm like, we're out of here, i'm picking you up, and you're like, no. >> i thought there was going to be more bombings. >> reporter: also at tufts medical center, bruce mendelson, a bystander who ran towards the explosion, not away. >> you are smaller than i remember. >> he was the first to reach victoria, used a t-shirt to tie a tourniquet to her leg. >> the doctor told me that if you hadn't have done that, i would have died. you save midlife. otherwise i would have bled out,

because it hit the artery. >> wow. >> reporter: x-rays reveal a one-inch piece of schlep nehrap into victoria's leg. >> so a matter of centimeters. >> reporter: lisa sham bla was in a medical tent at the finish line when victoria was carried in. >> it's so good to see you. >> reporter: but the first to see her in that tent was tyler dodd. >> i can stand up. >> are you sure? >> yeah. >> reporter: in that tent, victoria was hysterical. >> just your voice, it's so calming. >> reporter: tyler then told her he had been hit by shrapnel in afghanistan. he promised she'd be okay. >> he wasn't a soldier in afghanistan, he wasn't in combat. >> reporter: so this is the little white lie that you embraced? >> yeah, i don't regret it. i don't regret him telling me that. >> reporter: through it all, the

blood loss, the chaos, victoria says it was alicia who sparked her will to live. >> in the ambulance is when i realized that i had to hold on. >> you had a chance to meet these four strangers who played a role in your survival. what's that like? >> i'm so thankful. so thankful. >> you guys are so brave. >> reporter: victoria may be released from the hospital as early as today. she had extensive nerve damage to her leg, but doctors say with therapy, he may eventually get back close to normal, maybe even able to walk some day without a limp. >> wow, kerry, that's an incredible story. thank you very much. up next, does the anchor who lost his job for using profanity on his very first show think he'll get a second chance in the business? we're going to talk to a.j. clemente about tha and then, "time's" most

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♪ back now at 7:43 with a guy who has a lot of people talking. >> so, we have shown you the video of a.j. clemente making what he calls a rookie mistake, that's his own admission, during his first fight as a news anchor. >> nbc north dakota news, your news leader in high definition. >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> good evening, i'm van tieu. you may have seen our newest reporter, a.j., on nbc north dakota news, and will be joining the weekend news team as my co-anchor. tell us a little bit at yourself, a.j.. >> thanks, van. i'm very excited. i graduated from west virginia

university and i'm used to, you know, from being from the east coast. >> a.j. is with us exclusively. if you can't tell, he is a great sport. good morning to you, a.j.. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> i know you've seen that clip a couple of times and about ten times just this morning since we've been good enough to play it for you over and over again. what did you think when you first saw it? >> when i first saw the clip, it was, you know, gut wrenching. i didn't even know i said it on camera until my news director walked in on the third break. >> so that's a long time to go without realizing that you had dropped those words. go back to the beginning of the tape. the show is coming on the air. what were you doing, what caused those words to come out of your mouth? >> it's inexcusable, first, to even say those words, but i was looking down. i'm going over my script, van, my co-anchor, happens to be looking at the camera and she notices the red light comes on. we actually came on 30 seconds

early. i'm going on, you know, the london marathon is my second story. there is literally three names i don't know how to pronounce at all. >> so you're trying to pronounce them, you're practicing them, and as you kept messing them up, you got frustrated, thinking you still had time before you went on the air, and that's when that stuff came out of your mouth. >> the fireball shot came right out of my mouth. >> just so people understand -- >> a fireball shot. >> you didn't have anybody cueing you and you didn't have an earpiece. for those who are just watching, just to take them inside the moment, there's a reason why you really didn't know you were on the air. >> exactly. i had no clue, no ifb, which would be an earpiece for those not in the business. no cue, no countdown, except in the master control, but we didn't have an earpiece. and i was two, you know, three weeks into the job, they didn't mold me for one. van forgot hers in the car. it was a big storm of everything

that, you know, made me -- >> i think as most people know by now, a.j., the station let you go. and i think to tell people what kind of guy you are, you have absolutely no animosity toward the station. >> oh, no. i fully expected, you know, that they would fire me. and i even called my news director after and, you know, apologized again. >> you think they did what they had to do? >> they did, they did. you know, no animosity at all. >> are you hoping someone, somewhere, though, gives you a second chance? >> definitely. >> because you've got a great resume. >> definitely. you know, i'm looking forward, moving forward. you've got to have a tough skin in this business. and, you know, it's good to laugh at yourself. >> and we should mention, you are a reporter, you can shoot, you can edit, and we know you have a way with words. so if anybody's watching, we think a.j., a second chance would be a great thing. >> i just want to mention real quickly, there had been reports that you used the word "gay," that is not correct.

you were trying to pronounce the name of the winner of that marathon, which is sege. >> you are better at pronouncing it than i am. i would never use that slur and i want to make sure people know that. >> we talk about second chances, so we'll give you one right now. we normally go to commercial at this point, but a.j. clemente, take it away. >> we'll reveal "people" magazine's pick for the most beautiful women in the world, and a new way to drink beer, a bow tie shaped can, right after this. >> i'll buy you a beer, a.j. way to go! way to go. >> thanks so much. >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> you did great.

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helicopter. there's a crash on the eastbound side of the span. westbound commute you're looking at. you see the silhouette of those trucks stacked from foster city, high ris over to the other side of the high rise itself. eastbound direction, big distraction from the westbound commute as well. avoid the san mateo bridge as a whole and take the dumbarton bridge, sending more traffic on 101. this is a counter commute that will become a commute problem as it will cause a disturbance. south bay kicks in. couple of crashes causing problems there as well. over to you, rob. weather looking fairly calm. by the afternoon 60s and 70s for a high. cooler today and tomorrow with more morning clouds. temperatures start to warm up as we head into the weekend.

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♪ 8:00 now on a wednesday morning. it's the 24th day of april, 2013. it's a beautiful day here on our plaza. not only because the weather is great, but that's also the name of michael buble's new single. and speaking of mr. buble, the reason we bring him up is because he is joining us as kind of a guest host for our next hour. hi, michael, how are you? >> i'm very good. thank you for having me. i feel very important right now standing with you people. >> did you have any coffee to get ready?

>> a little coffee, but i had good sleep, so i feel great. >> we've spent a lot of time with you over the years, so it's kind of natural for us. >> this is a full circle thing, ten years ago, my first record came out, and this is the very first thing i ever did on american television. >> we're happy to have you back. this is home for you. >> you were watching a.j. clemente a second ago and you know what not to do during your first hour. >> i know what not to do. but i felt really bad for the kid. i think anybody could make that mistake. >> coming up also, who are the 100 most influential people in the world? "time" magazine had its selection and shared them at a great event last night. i was there and i had a chance to sit down with some of them and ask them a couple of questions. we'll share that with you. >> michael, what do you have coming up? >> what do we got? we've got a list of a lot of people look forward to, actually, "people's" most beautiful issue and who made the cover. we'll unveil it in a moment. >> we look forward to that. and we'll have a little bit more of our interview with president obama. of course, last week, we talked about the major headlines. we sat down before the boston

bombing attacks, i should mention, we talked about north korea, the budget, those kind of things. afterwards, we had a little chat and talked about life at the white house, his daughters, and he even brought up the subject of tattoos. so we'll just have to see. >> cool. al? >> i got nothing. >> you got nothing? >> i'm just waiting for natalie. >> good. speak of the devil, here she is. natalie with a check of the day's top stories. >> the fbi is refocusing its search for the person who sent ricin-laced letters to president obama and senator roger wicker. on tuesday, prosecutors dropped all charges and a judge ordered the release of paul kevin curtis. he's the mississippi man who was arrested in the case last week. an fbi agent testified in court that no ricin was found during a search of curtis' home and car. boston marked a milestone this morning, reopening the street where last week's marathon bombing killed three people and wounded more than 170.

meantime, the owner of a new hampshire fireworks store said that months before the attack, suspect tamerlan tsarnaev bought dozens of large, lock and load mortar kits. on tuesday, a funeral was held for 8-year-old bombing victim, martin richard, and today, vice president joe biden will attend a memorial service for m.i.t. police officer, sean collier, who was killed during the manhunt. an epic battle is being waged in the midwest, pitting sandbags against rising rivers. some 500 truckloads of sandbags arrived in fargo, north dakota, to help hold back the red river. but in peoria, the illinois river has already crested at record levels, flooding dozens of businesses and triggering mud slides that are now threatening homes. the fbi is investigating how hackers were able to compromise the associated press twitter accounts tuesday and send out a false tweet about a supposed attack on the white house. the fake message said there had been two explosions and that president obama had been injured. but once again, that was just a fake message.

however, the hoax briefly sent stocks into a nosedive on wall street. new video this morning of actress reese witherspoon's arrest last week. in this surveillance video from the atlanta police, you can see witherspoon being escorted by a state trooper on the left of the screen. witherspoon has apologized for her behavior and she's scheduled to appear in court on may 22nd. now for a look at what is trending today. our quick roundup of what has you talking online. this video, appropriately set to johnny cash's "ring of fire," is taking off on yahoo!. it shows the latest test flight by the space-x grasshopper rocket as it soars 800 feet, hovers above the ground, and settles gently back to earth. the maneuver was designed to test the technology needed to return a spacecraft to earth in one piece. actor and professional wrestler duane "the rock" johnson was trending on social media overnight. he tweeted this hospital picture of himself along with the message, "superman is on the

mend" after hernia surgery monday night, an injury he sustained in his wrestlemania bout earlier this month. and was it the wine she may have been drinking or just her la-di-da personality. diane keaton got the giggles on "ellen" tuesday while discussing her character's bedroom activities in her new movie, "the big wedding." take a look. >> that drives me crazy when i think about it. i can't -- i really mean it. it's too weird. that's why i've got to calm down. the wine does not help me, ellen. i think i've got to go. >> even ellen not sure what to do there. keaton who's never tied the knot also revealed that she wanted badly to get married, but that nobody ever asked her. i find that hard to believe. it's 8:05 right now. let's go back out to matt, savannah, al, and michael buble.

>> i love diane keaton. >> i've always had a crush on diane keaton, no doubt about it. we have a great shot of two ladies enjoying their breakfast across the way. >> and they're twins! >> you're on tv! >> they're twins and they look cute, so good morning to them. >> bring us some danish! coming up, we are going to -- >> how about some weather? >> oh, yeah, the weather! i'm sorry. poor al. i go to you in the wrong time, now it is your time. just do your thing. >> it's okay. let's show you what we've got as far as your weather is concerned. pick city of the day, just happens to be greenville, south carolina, wyff. increasing clouds, mild, 78 degrees. you can see we've got some wet weather making its way towards the east coast. but in the meantime, we've got a gorgeous day from new york city, all the way down to miami beach, with temperatures in the 80s there. rain along the gulf coast, into the upper ohio river valley.

beautiful in the pacific northwest with temperatures low to mid-70s and a gorgeous day through southern california. that's what's going on around the co we're seeing low clouds and signs of marine air moving spot bay area plus sunlight bouncing off the tops of those clouds. both combining to drop our temperatures and keep things fairly cool, compared to monday's highs. clouds near the seashore in the afternoon. highs near 60 in san francisco, mid-60s oakland, mid-70s around san jose. tomorrow plan on more areas with morning mist and drizzle and cool temperatures. then we warm up approaching the weekend. >> that's your latest weather. let's head into natalie. >> i'm going to turn this right over to michael buble. will you start for us? >> next we'll talk to some of the most influential people in the world and ask them what their three wishes would be. and after that, we'll have more of our conversation with president obama. we have talked about the big

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can i just have my first wish? [ fingers snap ] [ male announcer ] the all-new rav4. toyota. let's go places. we're back now, 8:10. "time" magazine is out with its list of the 100 most influential people in the world. and last night, a gala celebrating the honorees was held here in new york city. i had the chance to attend and catch up with some of the evening's special guests. they entertain us, they inspire us, they challenge us. every year, "time" magazine honors 100 icons, from oscar's red carpet to fashion's red-hot runways. from a 15-year-old activist to a hip hop mogul, from a baollywoo star to the star of center court. these are the people influencing our lives and defining our world. was there a moment in your life that changed everything? >> when i was a kid, when i was

9, i had polio, a year in bed. gave me a lot of time to think and an understanding that i didn't have at 9 that there's a world of suffering. >> i would say that the moment they decided to change from being a premed major to getting really involved in computer science. >> when i fell in love. for the first time. >> i think probably, the moment that changed my career was when i moved from a law firm to working for a local government in chicago. and that's where i got the bug for public service, and i'm sure if i had stayed in that law firm, i wouldn't be here today. >> probably being born to my parents. just being -- entering into my family. as i get older, i realize how, what kind of parents you have can really shape the kind of person you are. i was very lucky to have wonderful parents. >> amy, what are you most proud

of? >> i am proud of the fact that i don't speak to my parents anymore. no, i'm just kidding. >> thank you for coming. >> what are you most proud of, frank? >> my mother. >> why? >> strongest person i know. and the one i've seen in action be most selfless. >> being a good husband, being a good father. >> i'm proud of my children. you're supposed to say that, right? my children is what i'm most proud of. and my physique. >> i didn't see that coming, but now that i look, i can see why you'd say that. what's the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? >> when i wake up, i feed my crazy cats. >> that's it? that's chore number one. >> chore number one is feed those crazy cats. >> i just look at my son, which is really amazing. >> i snooze and then i snooze again. and i snooze like five times. i have two phones and set them up for different times, like two-minute increments and i snooze. don't you snooze? no, you're matt lauer.

>> how can i -- i'm a morning person. you're not a morning person. >> have you slept in? >> what's the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? >> you mean after peeing? come on! >> you are a guy, after all. >> i'm a guy. >> of a certain age. and that's the third time in the night. what's the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? >> well, nowadays, i go, uhh, i didn't die. >> i'll give you three wishes. >> three wishes. first of all, better-looking genie. i like a barb eaton type, no offense, matt. >> get out of here. >> i would like there to be world peace and less pollution. >> good ones. >> and butts that look good everywhere. >> since becoming a father many years ago, the only thing i ever wished for is health and safety of my family. maybe that's just two, but i'll wish for health and safety,

health and safety, health and safety. >> you don't sell it to me. i don't believe you're a genie. >> i'm a genie. >> take your shirt off. >> what would you like? >> i'm going to throw this lamp away, for start. for me, an individual jet pack comes before world peace. what's the most popular? >> health and happiness for their family. >> oh, well, of course. that goes without saying. >> you apparently weren't that deep. >> that goes without saying! >> okay, yeah. >> it goes without -- >> we'll let you slide on that one. >> first one is world peace, second one is a jet pack, and third one, i'd like to die in agony, with my family. >> good to see you! i'll see you soon. good-bye. careful. >> ricky gervais. he almost walked right into the flat there, anyway. >> fun to see that. and you made it safely out of

that tiny little bottle, thank you so much. president obama was also one of the people on "time's" list. we spoke to him shortly before the tragic in boston. and last week we showed you our interview, but we weren't able to show you our brief chat after that interview where we touched on life at the white house, his kids, and his predecessor. >> you'll be in texas, dedicating or being part of the dedications of the bush library. has your viewpoint changed on him and his legacy as you've now walked these halls and held this job? >> well, i've always thought that president bush was gracious, he was patriotic. he couldn't have been nicer to my team and my family when we made the transition in. and i always had a good, friendly relationship with him. obviously, we had some deep disagreements in terms of policy, but there's no doubt that anybody who takes on this job has a greater appreciation

for the challenges involved. and it is a humbling job, you know you're going to make some mistakes. you know that there are going to be times when you wish you could roll back the clock. >> have to ask you from the sublime to the ridiculous, mrs. obama slipped a little bit a couple weeks ago and accidentally referred to herself as a single mother. and i wonder, did you get a kick out of that, or were you consulting your freud textbook? >> you know, as somebody who has stumbled over my lines many times, you know, i tend to cut my wife or anybody some slack when it comes to just slips of the tongue. but there's no doubt that there have been times where michelle probably felt like a single mom. i know that before we got here, when we were still, when i was running for the u.s. senate, when i was running for president, there were times where i wouldn't see her for a week, and she was still working and having to look after the girls. so she definitely, i think,

understands the burdens that women in particular tend to feel if they're both responsible for child rearing and they're responsible for working at the same time. >> what did you think of her mom dancing? ♪ do you have dad dancing that can give it a run for its money? >> you know, she consistently maintains and i don't argue with her that she's a better dancer than me. you know, i think -- now -- >> you're a competitive guy? >> i am. and in private, you know, i can bust a move and i think i'm pretty good. but she tends to hold out when it comes to praise of my dancing. >> i heard a rumor of gangnam style around inauguration at the white house. you confirm? >> i can confirm that. fortunately, we destroyed all the pictures. >> is there any trend or viral video or music that the girls are into right now that you just don't get? >> you know, the girls have been pretty good about keeping me

posted on what's cool and what's not. and we use the music series here sometimes to invite new artists, just so that i can seem like i'm up to speed on things. >> if you like it, is it immediately uncool? >> no. although michelle and i have used this strategy when it comes to things like tattoos. what we've said to the girls is, if you guys ever decide you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will get the exact same tattoo, in the same place, and we'll go on youtube and show it off, as a family tattoo. and our thinking is that might dissuade them from thinking that somehow that's a good way to rebel. >> part of our chat with president obama last week after our interview. now over to matt and michael. >> all right, thank you very much. >> yep, we have another important list to get to this morning. "people" magazine's most beautiful issue. >> that's right. gracing this year's cover, drumroll, please!

oscar winner gwyneth paltrow. julie jordan is a senior writer at "people" in charge of this list. good to see you. i don't want to sound rude, but why gwyneth? >> gwyneth is the choice, her cookbook debuted number one, she's got "iron man 3" coming up, she's stunning, she's 40. and she says she's more comfortable now in her skin than she's ever been. >> she looks incredible. >> and she's a mom. and you know, that's what's most important to her. i saw her with her kids, apple and moses, and they're so normal. and she's really good with them. and that's all it takes to feel beautiful in her world. >> congratulations to her. >> now you've got halle berry as well. >> halle berry has been on the list 16 times, which is incredible, because she says she appreciates all the lines on her face. i'm not sure i've seen any lines. but she's beyond stunning. so there's always going to be tro room for her. >> and channing tatum. >> channing tatum, sexiest man.

>> does that automatically qualify him for this. >> he says he's embraced he's kind of an extremist, he loves to work hard, and when he plays, better watch out. >> i've met him a couple of times and he's a really lovely kid. >> congratulations to him. another musician makes the list, one of our favorites around here, adele. >> the lovely adele, she's so beautiful. i love that she says she used to wear minnie skirts with jeans, but now she lets her legs out and she should, she's gorgeous. she's a mom and has never been more happy than she is right now. >> and tim mcgraw. >> king of country. >> and justin timberlake. and he's never been -- >> you've got sexy man in the fall, so beautiful people, justin timberlake, suit and tie, the video, he's back, he's beautiful. what are you going to say? >> what is the criteria you use here? when you and the editors, the other people at "people" get together and try to come up with this list, what definition of beautiful do you use? obviously, it's not just

physical beauty. >> not just physical -- and it can't be, because there are way too many beautiful people in hollywood. you've got to find people who has kind of a good heart, who has a self-deprecating sense of humor. that's always nice. somebody who doesn't take it too seriously. that's important. >> and you also like to come up with newcomers and there are a couple on the list this year. emilia clark is one of them. >> from "game of thrones," she's so beautiful and kind of accepted the fact, if she'll be who she is, that will make everything a little less scary. she owns who she is and how she looks. she's amazing. >> and also -- >> henry cavill, who i can't to the wait to see. >> superman! >> he says he embraces his inner geek. i don't think we'll see him as a geek once he becomes superman, i think that will be his own thing for the future. but, yeah, he's gorgeous. >> can i put a bid in for a couple of other people who are not mentioned on your list? >> please. >> not to call you out on the carpet. >> what about a young lady named louie

lui sedanna, who happens to be to wife of mr. buble. >> what do i do? >> you've got six months. >> i will start doing sit-ups. >> if you were on the sexy list -- no question. i think it's natural. if channing tatum can do it, julie, michael can do it. >> this is our cover guy, right here. >> i promise you, if i'm ever on the cover, i will be fully clothed. >> that will work. >> julie jordan, thanks for always sharing the list with us. we appreciate it. >> thanks, guys. >> cover boy, i see it. >> i love you. >> let's go over to savannah. it's time for some birthday wishes from mr. willard scott. hey, willard. >> what a pleasure to be down here in the sunshine state, eating oranges and grapefruit, oh, my goodness. who could ask for more. happy birthday from smucker's. take a look, if you will. we have a good group today. we have, for instance, ruth weller from one of the prettiest

towns in america, bellevue, washington state. 100 years old today and she loves to make stockings. you know, the little stockings for kids at christmas. and everybody is crazy about them and her too. and charlotte eisgrou and her sister, get this, ann primack, they are 103. identical twins. they've been on the show now every year since they've been 100 and we think they're the oldest twins in this country. god bless them. can you believe this? here's a handsome devil, john robison. john is from traverse city, michigan. i think it's a great town. a little resort town and in michigan. 100 years old today. he loves computers. they turned him on to them a few years ago and now he can't put them down, sleeps with them, loves them. and this is frances angi from bedford hills, new york. 100 years old today, loves horses, crazy about horses. goes every horse race, if there's two horses running, she's there somewhere. check her out.

beautiful. and we have capers smalls. unusual name. 100 years old today. an unusual man, loves to fish, always did. used to be a commercial fisherman. this is helen lettinga and she is from grand rapids, michigan. she's 110 years old today. unbelievable. god love her. and she loves -- her nickname is wiggy because she wears so many wiggies. now back to new york, where they're all wigging. >> that's true. willard, thank you so much. still ahead, this guy performs for us live. you have a new song. >> it's called "a beautiful day," i can't wait to do it. >> and you're wearing your lucky socks. >> statue of liberty socks. >> michael buble performs next. but first, a check of your local news and weather.

good morning to you. it is 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. silicon valley might not be as green as you think literally. only 15% of san jose is shaded with trees in comparison about 60% of the city covered with buildings concrete. maps from the air found the rose garden areas of san jose have the most greenery where san jose has the least. mayor chuck reed says he hopes to plant about 100,000 trees by

2022 to reduce the city's carbon footprint. want to check the morning commute with mike. some problems out there. >> san mateo bridge the bridge to avoid. use dumbarton. that's the cliff note version. longer version, look at the median, center divide, there's another vehicle staged waiting to go for the highrise. peninsula, eastbound direction stopped up. it is that direction that has one lane closed on the high-rise. let me look at the maps here. eastbound counter-commute is the big commute problem causing slowdowns for both directions. dumbarton lighter and easier flow. medical emergency and crash going on for 92. back to you, laura. >> all right. thank you very much. we'll have another local news update for you in about half an hour. enjoy your wednesday morning. look at them kids. [ sigh ]

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rethink possible. ♪ 8:30 now on this wednesday morning. it's april 24th, 2013. we'll say hello to our great cloud. the sun is coming out this morning, beautiful spring day here on rockefeller plaza. and if you listen to the music, you know the theme of the hour.

it's michael buble. he's here, it's going to perform for us, he's co-hosting the 8:00. also cook us breakfast. >> i'll do that. >> do it all. >> the song you're going to sing, we should use it for our theme. it should be one of our promos. >> it's is a weather theme, "it's a beautiful day." >> but it's almost like an anti-love song. >> it's a happy breakup song. >> matt scooted out a little bit early. he's going to texas. he'll be there live tomorrow for the official dedication of the george w. bush presidential center. all living ex-presidents will be there and matt will interview president bush and laura bush live. >> coming up, we're talking manners, again, right? >> that's right. it's manners in the digital age. one might say the death of manners has been brought on by our blackberries, our iphones, and our ipads. what's really our digital etiquette? >> how many have sent out an

e-mail you didn't mean to send to that person? >> so embarrassing. >> and also, using your smartphone to ask someone out on a date? is that okay? >> well, we're going to find out. >> we're going to find out. >> everything's changing now. >> and randi zuckerberg will guide us through what's right and wrong in this digital revolution of ours. >> michael, what have you coming up? >> later, we have steals and deals, which means everything from jewelry to robes, what would make an ideal gift for mother's day. >> jill's very excited to have a celebrity reading her tease. pretty exciting. we'll get to all of that, but first, let's get a check of the weather. >> all right. let's show you what we've got starting with today. beautiful up and down the eastern seaboard, however, we will be looking at some rain, making its way from western new york into the central gulf. rain and snow showers up through the upper midwest. beautiful day in the pacific northwest. for tomorrow, that rain dissipates, makes its way off the eastern seaboard. a few showers in the lower gulf coast. sunny and hot from the southwest into central california and nevada. beautiful in the pacific

northwest. sunny, but chilly weather in the northern plains and the upper midw we're seeing cooling changes out there. low clouds as you can see below the san bruno mountain view as you watch the low clouds start to break up inland as we go through the morning. temperatures today will be quite a bit cooler than the last few days. no 90s, no upper 80s. mostly 60s and 70s around the bay area today. 76 in san jose. low 60s, closer to san francisco. tomorrow looks a little bit cooler with more morning clouds. things start to warm up just in time for the weekend. >> and we want to remind you, today's the last day you can register for our contest, "wake up with al," where i come to your home and do the weather. if you think that sounds like a good idea, then you go to today.com by 3:00 p.m. eastern and tell us why i should pay you a visit. and of course, don't forget, you can always "wake up with al" weekdays starting at 5:30 a.m. on the weather channel.

>> we wake up with al every day. we can recommend it. so get your entry in today. >> michael's done that too. >> i have. >> enough about your weekend. anyway, coming up next, from mass e-mails to the dreaded pocket dial. we'll talk about manners in the digital age with randi zuckerberg. but first, this is "today" on nbc. is it wrong to buy an entire outfit

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back now at 8:36 with more of our in-depth look at modern manners. and this morning, how to handle digital dilemmas tied to your e-mails, your texts, and your tweets. >> we have randi zuckerberg here, the founder and ceo of zuckerberg media and the tedito in chief of dotcomplicated. >> great to see you. >> my life has so much to do with this, i'm on the road all the time, all the time. i miss my life and my family and i connect with them constantly on skype and stuff. >> skype, and how nice is it to

have a conversation where someone isn't bury ied in their phone right now. >> absolutely. >> undivided intention is so vary. >> digital manners are so important. the first one, i am guilty of. i've done it many, many times, accidentally sending an e-mail or a text to the wrong person, the person you're say something about? >> yes. >> so in that scenario, what do you recommend you do? >> it's the worst. you kind of just have to own up to it, especially, i think it's really hard when you're just forwarding an e-mail, and sometimes you don't read all the way to the bottom to see who, what's being talked about. i think, you know, you either just have to call the person and say, i really screwed up, i'm so sorry. i think the worst thing you can do is just send one of those e-mail retractions, without doing anything, right? that's basically just saying, like, please, look at me! i messed up! you know, look at this e-mail. but i think just own up to it. >> just a nice, simple, great apology. >> and remember, you know, learning moment. if you wouldn't want it on the "today" show, don't put it in e-mail. >> words to live by.

we want to do number two, our next scenario. >> is it okay if i ask this? >> yeah, sure. >> this is something that i really always -- >> well, we listed the e-mail chain, because we had our graphic ready. >> if this happens to you, if someone's sending these mass e-mails to you, friends, coworkers, how do you politely remove yourself from that without looking like a jerk? >> we've all been on one of those e-mails where they say, you know, what weekend works best for everyone and 30 people chime in with your response. >> unsubscribe. >> the best weekend for me is the weekend all of you stop e-mailing. if you're on g-mail, people don't know you can actually mute a conversation in g-mail. >> really? >> yes. if you're using facebook chat, you can actually leave a conversation through facebook messages. but, you know, wibut i think it comes down to the responsibility of the host. if you're doing something that requires a response, use a little survey or a little tool that lets people just respond to

you. >> go ahead, michael. do your next one. >> this is the one i'm really interested in. you're dating someone, it's new, how long is it -- how long is it before you start actually using text instead of calling the person? >> gosh, so many people ask a first date out via text now. it's kind of like the new thing. >> not okay? >>, you know, maybe for a first date, but i think if it goes well enough to want a second date, you pick up the phone and you call. because, you know, chivalry is the not dead in this world. >> and to michael's question, how much relationship discussing should you do over text? because tone is kind of lost. >> absolutely. >> right. i have generally three rules of when you take is a message from text to phone. the first is if you're giving like complicated directions or advice that needs to be explained. the next is if it starts getting a little emotional, and, you know, lost in translation over text. and the third is if it starts getting a little gossipy and you would never want that to actually be in writing. >> i'm in my 30s, and my wife is

in her 20s, and we see it completely differently. i see it's very cold, sometimes, to text. i want to talk to her, i want to have a conversation, and she loves the texting. >> i had a conversation yesterday, i was texting with a friend, and i feel the conversation got to a point where i should pick up and call, and they screened me. and i was like, i know you're on the other line. we're texting! >> slightly related, can we agree that breaking up via text -- >> not cool! >> horrible. >> you definitely owe someone at least the face to face. >> i gragree. >> your next scenario, if your child receives a negative text, how do you teach them to resist that urge to fire back right away or what would you advise? >> it's hard. when you see that negative thing, it's your first response, you want to defend yourself. you want to get back in there. but i think it's really important to kind of to take the digital high road, to take a breath. i usually, if i feel tempted to send an emotional e-mail, i always draft it, kind of send it to a friend -- >> that's a great way to do it.

>> who i know is going to write back and say, you know, do you feel better now that you wrote that? don't send it. >> and something that i did, the last time i was on the show, pocket dialing. what happens when you pocket dial -- which i did, i called my lawyer. i didn't mean to. >> you were probably charged $800 for that. >> and i said some probably some pretty terrible things. what is the best way to handle that? >> i think even now, even bigger than that is like pocket siri or pocket voice activation. you're sitting there and all of a sudden, it's like, what can i help you with? which is very awkward with. but if you actually pocket dial and inevitably, it's going to be someone you haven't spoken to in years, you kind of have to, you know, expect that they're going to text or call you back and then you kind of have to spend a few minutes talking to them. >> like you said, before, the apology. it's always about how you handle the situation. >> i have a 2-year-old son that i can blame it on. oh, he was just -- i'm sorry, he was playing a game. >> and the pocket tweet, where you don't tweet, i have done it

where i just tweet "r," or a all right or something. that's just more embarrassing than anything else. >> you can play it off like a scavenger hunt a little. maybe, all my tweet fans, it's a mystery for everyone. >> we have 30 seconds. how about the e-mail thank you? is it okay to thank somebody over e-mail or should you write a handwritten note or call? >> i'm torn on this one, handwritten is the best, but i do think -- my worst pet peeve is when you don't get thanked at all for something. >> i agree with you. >> i think the at least you can do, a text message or an e-mail, at least you're saying something. >> don't you think if something's well thought out and actually genuine, it means something. >> absolutely, i completely agree. >> randi zuckerberg, great advice. there's so many questions in this new frontier of manners. thank you for being here. appreciate it. >> thanks. >> great to meet you. >> do you feel more polite now, micha michael? >> i feel like i know what i'm doing. >> me too. up next, the new diet that's bringing women closer together.

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back now at 8:44. midst all of the tragic stories we've seen recently, there are groups doing some amazing thi things. a nonprofit working with a diverse group of women helping them to lose weight while learning about each other in the process. two women -- >> i'm julie ballette. >> from very different backgrounds. >> i'm jewish. >> i am a muslim woman. >> both on the same journey. >> i joined slim peace so i could focus on my health and wellness. >> i joined slim peace to get healthier. >> hasta salim and julie ballette are part of a unique weight loss group, a sisterhood unlike any other. slim peace is a boston-based nonprofit. each week, five jewish women and

five muslim women come together to talk about their dieting struggles. but the group has become so much more than that. >> we were all a little nervous when we first got there, what is this going to be like? >> when we first started, it was muslim and jewish groups. >> and we, as participants, asked to have more opportunities the to talk to each other. >> and by the end of it, it was just a group of women. >> slim peace was founded in israel by documentary filmmaker, jael more than a year ago. the first group met, and initial tensions soon gave way to compassion and ultimately understanding. >> we're all people. it's a universal topic. it's a universal struggle, and we're more alike than we are different. >> in boston, the group is run by two nutritionists, one muslim, one jewish. they provide healthy eating tips and weekly weigh-ins.

>> great. >> awesome! good job. >> and a potluck dinner, a chance to get a taste of another culture. >> it was wonderful. >> i always say to my husband, when you get on the scale, we're all exactly the same, we all want the same thing. >> so far, i have lost about 8 pounds. >> i have lost 7 pounds. >> i've lost 11 pounds. >> and while hasta says she still struggles with her weight, the group has given her the confidence to talk about what it's like being a muslim woman living in the states. >> i've always had this feeling of like, oh, if i was to go in a store and i knew there wasn't that many muslim people, i always felt like i was unwelcomed, so i would always walk in with my head down. >> reporter: that's changed because of slim peace and today she counts julie as one of her closest friends. >> like a sister. just knowing that someone's always there for you, no matter what, with the good, with the bad, it's just so comforting. >> late last week, still reeling from the boston attack, the two

responded simply. a quiet walk, a powerful tribute to their friendship. >> this week's been really hard and i felt really alone and knowing that i had this walk scheduled with hasta, who i know feels as deeply as i do about things, she's totally helping. >> the groups are open to members of all faiths. new chapters are being planned in chicago, cleveland, detroit, and washington. it's really great to see that. >> that was very sweet, actually. >> we have so much fun with you today, michael. >> i love the cover of your album. it just looks so hip and happening. you said, this is -- but it's such a departure from where you started, you were saying. >> i would say -- you know what, i'm proud to say, i was a nerd, i am a nerd. >> yes! >> nerds are cool. >> the nerd club. >> really, if you peak in high school, you're in big trouble. >> so true! >> av squad! >> the high school nerds, all right!

coming up next, we'll get a live performance from our guest host, michael buble, a man of many talents. first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ [ wind howling ]

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michael buble around, but here cohosting, what a great hour. we've had so much fun with you this past hour. now it's time to get you to sing for us along with your great band. three-time grammy winner is out with a brand-new album. it's called, "to be loved." and michael, not to put any pressure on you, but this follows up after your christmas album. it was second in 2011 for sales after adele's "21," so this is a lot of pressure coming in, right? >> you know what, thinking knowing that i'm going to have a baby and all of that good stuff really puts things in perspective and it allows me to just know that all of this is just a great bonus of life. >> and you talk about the baby and the great bonus es of life and your gorgeous wife, now six months pregnant. >> gosh, she looks hot there! >> every woman in america is saying, she's pregnant? where's the baby?! an unbelievable picture. she's six months along and you felt the kicking? >> i felt the first kicks about a week ago. and she says when she plays the music, he goes crazy. >> i hope she's playing all your

music. >> enough of it. >> this song, "it's a beautiful day," which you'll sing for us shortly, it's sort of an anthem that a lot of women are going to embrace. it's an anti-break breakup song sounds kind of anti-michael buble. >> i want to give people hope that when they've been dumped or broken up with by that jerk, life gets way better. >> some of the lyrics, baby, you might not believe, i think when you sing it, i don't think it comes off badly to the woman that's walking out door. >> i hope not. >> all right, michael buble, take it away. all yours. ♪ ♪ i don't know why ♪ you think that you could hold me ♪ ♪ when you couldn't get by yourself ♪ ♪ and i don't know who ♪ would ever want to tear the seam of someone's dream ♪

♪ baby, it's fine, you said that we should just be friends ♪ ♪ while i came up with that line and i'm sure ♪ ♪ that it's for the best ♪ but if you ever change your mind, don't hold your breath ♪ ♪ 'cause you may not believe ♪ that baby, i'm relieved ♪ when you said good-bye, my whole world shines ♪ ♪ hey, hey, hey ♪ it's a beautiful day and i can't stop myself from smiling ♪ ♪ if we're drinking, then i'm buying ♪ ♪ and i know there's no denying ♪ ♪ it's a beautiful a day, the sun is up, the music's playing ♪ ♪ and even if it started raining ♪ ♪ you wouldn't hear this boy

complaining ♪ ♪ 'cause i'm glad that you're the one who got away ♪ ♪ and it's a beautiful day ♪ it's my turn to fly, so girls, get in line ♪ ♪ 'cause i'm easy, no playing this guy like a fool ♪ ♪ 'cause now i'm all right ♪ you move had me caged before, but not tonight ♪ ♪ and you may not believe ♪ that baby, i'm relieved ♪ but this fire inside, it burns too bright ♪ ♪ i don't want to say "so long," i just want to say "good-bye" ♪ ♪ it's a beautiful day and i can't stop myself from smiling ♪ ♪ if we're drinking, then i'm

buying ♪ ♪ and i know there's no denying ♪ ♪ it's a beautiful day, the sun is up, the music's playing ♪ ♪ and even if it started raining ♪ ♪ you wouldn't hear this boy complaining ♪ ♪ 'cause i'm glad that you're the one who got away ♪ ♪ 'cause if you ever think i'll take up ♪ ♪ my time with thinking of our breakup ♪ ♪ then you've got another thing coming your way ♪ ♪ 'cause it's a beautiful day ♪ it's a beautiful day ♪ oh, baby, any day that you're gone away ♪ ♪ it's a beautiful day thanks, everybody. >> yes!

>> thanks, boys. thanks, boys. >> fantastic! michael buble, thank you, again. the album is "to be loved." we're back with much more on a wednesday morning, but first, your local news. good morning to you. it's 8:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. b.a.r.t. passengers can get a sneak peek at how crowd the trains are before stepping on

board. visit b.a.r.t.'s website, plan the trip through the quick planner program. the trip will show icons with different number of heads. three heads indicates heavy crowding is expected. cooler temperatures expected "today" as well. want to check the forecast with meteorologist rob mayeda in for christina. >> cooler today, highs in 60s to low 70s, san francisco 62, mid-70s closer to san jose. upper 70s inland. tomorrow looks even cooler with extra low clouds and morning mist. warmer for the approaching weekend. another local news update comes your way in 30 minutes.

♪ welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning, april the 24th, 2013. a good-looking day here in new york city as we see signs, dare i say, al roker, of spring. >> yes! >> especially with this song. this is -- >> i love this song. >> this is the all-new 9:00 open. >> that okay, michael? >> "it's a beautiful day". >> michael buble just wrapping

up another performance. steve martin's playing bands, today -- >> savannah, we were sitting on the couch together, and i swear, we had a private serenade by michael buble. he was looking at both savannah and i -- >> he was singing to you too. >> just for us. >> a lot of jealous women out there right now. michael buble, always great to have him around. i'm willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales. let's begin with today's take three. where else can we begin with mr. a.j. clemente. a guest with us later on the "today" show. we're hearing from him for the first time after that little, what are we calling it, a flub on the air? a leak of some expletives, perhaps. he was a young anchor, on his first day on the job in bismarck, north dakota. here's his account this morning with matt and savannah of what happened. >> what caused those words to come out of your mouth? >> it's inexcusable, first, to even say those words. but i was looking down. i'm going over my script. van, my co-anchor, happens to be

looking at the camera, and she noticed the red light comes on. we actually came on 30 seconds early. i'm going on, you know, the london marathon is my second story. there is literally three names i don't know how to pronounce at all. >> so you're trying to pronounce them, you're practicing them, and as you kept messing them up, you got frustrated, thinking you still had time before you went on the air. and that's when that stuff came out of your mouth. >> and a fireball shot came right out of my mouth. >> the fireball shot. >> he said it was gut wrenching when he saw the clip. he'd only saw it a couple of times. but the bottom line, he didn't know he was on the air. >> he didn't have his earpiece. >> that we hear from the control room. they don't have a stage manager like we do. so, you know, it can happen. >> it happens. >> and he points out he shouldn't have said those words, there's no excuse for that, but there are some extenuating circumstances. >> first day on the job, a bundle of nerves already, and

look at your script and you're like, i don't know how to pronounce these names. you can imagine that can get the best of you. and the poor job, he's out of his job, and hopefully somebody will give him another shot. >> we brought him across the street to "morning joe" where we sat him next to the legend, the man, tom brokaw. so tom brokaw gives a.j. clemente a little pep talk. watch this. >> i was where you were. i worked out in the midwest. i made a huge gaffe when i was in omaha at a very early age. it wasn't quite as, as explicit as yours was, by any means. on the other hand, it was confined to omaha, because there was no social media, it was dealt with by the local station, they made me -- >> right. >> -- come in and kind of gave me a dressing down, and i kind of got to go on with my life. you're the victim of a hot mic, obviously, and nothing goes unremarked upon in our current society. >> that's so true. that's the difference, too. >> a.j. went out of his way to say he called my mom right away

and said my mom did not raise me to talk like that. that's the one thing he wanted everyone to know. hopefully he gets a second chance. >> he's a egood guy. and it's character building. the little things in life. he'll get right back on his feet. >> our take two, if you're traveling today, been anywhere near an airport the last couple of days -- >> i got stuck. >> tell your story. >> i was traveling to boston yesterday, which is a 50-minute flight, shuttle. and it took me about 2 1/2 hours to get there, because i was stuck for an hour and a half on the runway, like 25 planes parked, waiting to go off, for liftoff. and on the return, the same deal. so 2 1/2, 2 1/2 hours again coming home. >> and as you point out, there's a passing of the buck. the pilot comes on and says, if you've got a problem, call the faa. the faa says, don't talk to us, talk to congress who put the sequester in place. >> the pilots got on and said, it's not the airline's fault, we're sorry you're waiting here on the runway, but you can go

online and find a petition to end the furloughs. >> what happens now with the fines, you know, if you're on a tarmac, if you're on a plane stuck for more -- >> that's a good point. >> are the airlines responsible for that? >> the airlines are saying no -- >> are they going to try to get a waiver? >> they're saying they're not responsible, it's an air traffic control situation, because of the furloughs, they're not able to manpower all of the air traffic control posts. so, you know, therefore, we all end up suffering. and thairi think they're passin blame around. >> one third of laguardia flights were delayed. >> 20% delayed at reagan national in newark and philly. these are central hubs, so there's a ripple effect at any of these airports. there's been the blame game, back and forth in washington yesterday, members of the senate republicans blaming president obama, saying he actually wanted this to force someone's hand. >> you wonder now, when it hits, you know, the travel system and the conveniences of everyday life, things that you take for granted, are people going to really start pushing. >> you know who loves it,

though? amtrak. >> that's right. if you're going to d.c. this week, it's probably a good idea to hop on the train. absolutely. take three, i wanted to tell you this story. that boston boat owner, where tsarnaev was caught inside the boat, on friday night, where he was cornered, it's a bit of a feel-good story in the midst of all this tragedy. he's been getting offers. obviously, the boat was all shot up and beyond repair. he's been getting offers, money has been flooding in from crowd sourcing, boat companies saying, we're going to give you a free boat. he did an interview yesterday with an affiliate there in boston, where he said, i'm just an incidental hero. i don't want a nickel of that money. i want it to go to the one boston fund. he said, "to buy me a new boat is a wonderful thing. i don't want that, really. i wish that they would donate it to the one found. they lost limbs, i lost a boat." and he went on to say, by the way, i've got a canoe in the garage that can get me through until i get a new boat. so the crowdtilt.com is the fund-raising website where he

was getting all this money and he said, let's push that aside and give it to the one fund. >> they've raised $11,000 so far and counting. >> and we've seen these glimmers. there was that evil, but all these people rushing, to their fellow fallen bostonians. >> i have a good story coming up friday, which is so powerful like that. you'll hear that here friday. how about a check of the rest of the headlines? >> a man accused of sending those ricin-laced letters to president obama and the mississippi senator is free this morning after he was cleared in the case. on tuesday, a federal magistrate released paul kevin curtis when prosecutors dropped all charges against him. investigators say they found no evidence of ricin in his home or his car. officials are still looking for whoever sent those letters. well, today vice president joe biden attends a memorial service for m.i.t. police officer sean collier, killed in the days after the boston bombings. this morning, boston reopened the street where last week's marathon bombing killed three people and wounded more than

170. meantime, the owner of a new hampshire fireworks store says that months before that attack, suspect tamerlan tsarnaev bought dozens of large lock and load mortar kits. and also, funeral services were held tuesday for two bomb victims, including 8-year-old martin richard. forecasters say any significant rain should ease up today in parts of the midwest, hard hit by record flooding. even so, though, officials expect many swollen rivers to remain high, well into next month, potentially making things worse, warm temperatures by the end of the week may speed up the snowmelt in north dakota, creating more major problems in that area. the fbi's investigating the hacking of the associated press twitter account. a false tweet said that there had been explosions at the white house and that the president was injured. again, that was a false tweet, but it sent the dow plunging into a brief nosedive. it then recovered. a group called the syrian

electronic army is claiming responsibility. a rare sight in the sky tuesday over san francisco, where a solar-powered plane took off for a 16-hour flight, powered by 12,000 solar cells. the solar impulse has the wingspan of a 747, weighs about as much as a mid-sized car, and it can carry one passenger. the inventor hopes to make a flight across the u.s. next month. well, it's not exactly jaws, but this video may give you pause. a cat dressed as a shark, okay, is an online hit as it rides on top of a roomba, chasing a young duck around the room. no one, we're told, not even, once uttered the words, "we're going to need a bigger vacuum." i'm not sure if that's -- poor cat. i just feel bad for the cat and for the poor duck getting chased by that -- >> how do we find one of those every day? >> i don't even know. >> it seems like every day, there's a cat on a vacuum, pawing at the of tv.

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i'm willie geist along with al and natalie. coming up, we'll catch up with marc anthony, getting ready for the 2013 billboard latin music awards where he will debut a new single as well. >> looking forward to that. and also ahead, we'll check in with our class of 2020. they made the trip to washington, d.c. and we'll give you a firsthand look at history as well and also a chance, perhaps, for you to go on and win a trip to d.c. as well with your own kids. >> that's cool. this is such a great series. it really is, watching these kids grow up. >> it's hard to believe they're fifth grade, almost going into sixth grade soon. plus, world-famous chef eric ripert will be taking a trip down memory lane with his take on the classic french dish, stew bullaibase. >> just mumble it. al in that accent has a check of the weather. >> let's show you what we have, as far as your -- is concerned. for today, we're looking at wet weather stretching from western new york all the way down to the

gulf. in fact, we've got a tornado watch in effect for the lower gulf until about 1:00 this afternoon. beautiful day in the pacific northwest, sunny, temperatures in the 70s. rain and snow through the upper midwest. for tomorrow, that rain moves off the mid-atlantic coast, we've got some showers leftover down around the lower gulf coast. gorgeous weather for the pacific northwest, all the way down into the southwest. look for a few showers around the western, or i should say, eastern great lakes. and don't forget, today is the last day to enter our "wake up with al" contest. the chance to have me broadcast from your home. just log into today.com for all the details. you've got until 3:00 p.m. eastern to enter. we literally have thousands of entry. right now in san jose, starting to see hazy sunshine, low clouds breaking up. on the other side of santa cruz mountains, plenty of low clouds this morning. they are probably going to stay there unthis afternoon now that the marine layer thickens up and we see low clouds effect our

temperatures. sea breeze, 60s around san francisco, mid-70s around san jose at 3:00. cooling quickly this evening. that sea breeze is going to be quite strong into tomorrow morning leading to cooling temperatures and warmer as we head into the weekend. we should see 80s back just in time for saturday. and that's your latest whether. >> thanks a lot, al. singer/songwriter marc antony will premiere his new single "vivir mi vida" tomorrow night during the 2013 latin music awards. marc anthony, good to see you. it's beening ing a long time. >> it's been a minute. >> we would love to hear more of your music more often. tell me about this new song, we're going to hear a little bit of that tomorrow night. >> it's my first album in about ten years and i could not be

more excited. "vivir mi vida" will be the first single, and i just think i recorded it at the right time. i was ready, i think, i think the fans are ready, and i go this process, i think, more than any other album i've ever recorded. and i think that it shows in the production. i almost feel bad that i enjoyed the process so much. >> marc, a lot of your -- >> don't feel bad. >> you mentioned the fans. a lot of them have been ask, why has it been ten years since we've heard a new album from marc anthony. what's the answer to that? >> i just think everything has its moment. i think i needed to miss it. i think i needed to get the right songs. you know, part of my process is to choose songs and then live with them. and if i can -- if they survive the process of, you know, having lived with them for a number of years, i know that i want them to be a part of my life for the next 20 years. so these songs have all survived

that process and when it comes time for me to record them, they're just mine. they're already a part of who i am. so, it's just my process, it's a very particular thing to me. but, you know what -- yeah? >> i'm sorry, marc. i didn't mean to interrupt. i just -- you're there for the billboard latin music awards, and it would appear, latin music now is hotter than ever. it is now, it's mainstream music. it's all come together this year, don't you think? >> absolutely. i didn't catch the last part of, just before you said, "don't you think," but latin music just in general represents a frame of mind. it's something that has, i've been proud to represent over the years. you know, the latin billboards this year, for an artist such as myself, it's a great excuse to come out and see your colleagues

and your friends and hang out a little bit and celebrate all the work that we've done over the previous year. i'll be debuting the single "vivir mi vida" tomorrow night, which i'm really, really excited about. i'm just the right amount of nervous about it, but that always just makes me work a little bit harder. but it's great. all the way around, it's a great event and i'm really looking forward to tomorrow. >> and you're up for tour of the year, we should mention, as well. now, we're also seeing some of the video of some of the great acts, some of the great people who will be singing there and performing tomorrow night. give us a little bit of a preview. who can we expect? >> i think everybody. >> pit bull? >> without going into specifics, i think that truly, truly covers it. it always makes for an exciting night. and i think that the artists enjoy it more than people would expect. you know, you bump into all your

friends and the hugs and kisses and it's like, it's just so rare that we get to get together. but it's an evening of celebration of music and the spirit of latin music. so it's one of the great events. >> well, marc anthony, i think i speak for your fans around the world when i say, we can't way to hear the single and the new album coming up later this year. thanks for spending a little time with us this morning, marc. >> thank you so much for your time. i'm looking forward to getting back home and seeing you personally. >> yeah, come over to the "today" show, a little concert series that we have here in the summer. >> maybe we'll see you this summer. >> yeah, that, that came up today, and i think i'll be there. >> all right! >> a little breaking news there! >> we just booked you. >> so we'll see marc anthony this summer for the new album. meanwhile, coverage of the billboard latin music awards tomorrow night, 7:00, on our sister station, telemundo. up next, our class of 2020 kids get a chance to watch history unfold.

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natalie's been doing this, and they're in fifth grade. >> now going to sixth grade. and they had a great opportunity to spend some of their spring break on a field trip in the nation's capital, traveling for the first time without their parents, to learn about america's past and learn a little history along the way. >> it's like a holy place. you know, you want to have a lot of respect. >> reporter: the vietnam war memorial might seem an unlikely place to spend your spring break. but for caroline, jordan, and zenzalai, it's just the beginning of a program called people-to-people. dwight d. eisenhower launched the program from 1956 to bring people together to promote peace. >> near washington, d.c., their main goals are to learn about civics, american history with a backdrop of leadership. >> reporter: the days are jam-packed with lessons on

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traditional recipe so you can make it at home. eric is chef and owner of the famous restaurant here in new york. good to see you. >> you too. >> so tell me about these weekends. it sounds so romantic. >> it was romantic, however, i was 4 or 5 years old, so i didn't really comprehend what he was saying. but we would spend weekends with my grandfather and the family, and my grandmother was italian. and we would go fishing, and whatever we would get, we would bring it back and the guys will relax and play and the ladies will be in charge of cooking the fish and they would make a bouillabaisse, which is very traditional from the south of france and the french riviera. and we had some wonderful weekends and i have incredible memories of that. >> i'm jealous. it sounds beautiful. and you'll make a version of that old family recipe for us here today. where do we begin? >> so you'll put some tomato paste and some saffron here, i have leeks, fennel, onion, garlic. >> this is for the broth?

>> this is for the broth, yes. the saffron is very important. >> and what is this? >> this is a very strong onion, that gives, of course, the flavor. and you'll put some clam juice. >> clam juice, okay. >> and we're going to put some chicken juice. so this is a little bit of a sophistication of the bouillabaisse, because the real bouillabaisse, it takes a long time, it's a lot of fish involved in it. and so it's an adaptation. >> okay. >> however, what we have done here is going to reduce and then you will have this kind of broth, rich, and very flavor. >> how long does it take to get from there to there? >> from there to there, it takes about probably half hour, 20 minutes. >> okay. >> and then you are going to actually filter the broth. i'm going to season the fish. and the fish will go in the oven. >> you must cook at home. >> a little bit. >> so this is striped bass, is that right? >> this is striped bass. >> you prefer striped bass? >> i like striped bass.

we could do it with my white fish that is not fatty like tuna or salmon. it does really good. so the idea is to put some butter on the bass so it's very well-protected from the heat. it goes to the oven. when it comes back, it looks like that. so what we have here is the fish that is cooked. we're going to use what you have done here. >> how long did you bake the fish? >> the fish bakes about five, six minutes. and then you just have to plate. so to plate, we have the vegetables that you just filtered. so i put them here. it's just to look good. and the fish will go on the top, and the sauce, of course. >> this is a special recipe for you, isn't it? >> it's a family recipe, brings a lot of memories to me. and -- see, we're putting the sauce right here around it. >> beautiful. >> delicious. >> doesn't that smell great? >> and then you take it out. yeah, you can smell the saffron and garlic and onions, and then the fish goes on top, like that.

>> beautiful! >> and then if you want to be fancy, you can add a little bit of -- >> we do, we do. >> that's fancy enough. >> something like that. >> you're making that look even more beautiful. we have a photograph, i believe, of a 17-year-old chef eric ripert. do we have that? look at that! >> i haven't changed at all! >> nothing has changed. >> you improve with age. get better and better. >> well, erik -- >> thank you very much. >> always a pleasure to cook with you. thank you for sharing a family recipe with us. if you've been inspired to cook any of the recipes you've seen on "today," let's see how you made out. take a photo of your dish and send it to us at today.com. >> really love those instagram. >> show me your food, your dinner. we'll be back in a moment on nbc.

coming up tomorrow on "today," race car driver and actress, danica patrick.

>> but up next, kathie lee and hoda have more on "people's" most beautiful issue. >> and the best websites to check out before you book your

good morning to you. it is 9:56. i'm marla tellez. an off duty emergency medical technician and emt and fellow students at san jose state are being hailed as heroes this morning. they ran into a homeless shelter that caught fire. they ran in to tell people to get out. thanks to their quick thinking, no one was hurt. firefighters think it may have started on the rooftop patio. the santa clara county sheriff's department hope you can help them catch a would be robber. take a look. deputies releasing the surveillance video for everyone to see. they want to talk to this man. they say the friend pulled a gun on a driver outside of 7-eleven on february 14th. the driver quickly reversed and took off without getting hurt. rob mayeda in for christina loren talking about a little cooldown. >> we're seeing some cooler changes. clouds around the bay area, even

misty skies in a few spots that will lead to a cooler afternoon, mid-60s around san francisco, mid-60s oakland, mid-70s closer to san jose. we'll see more of this as we get into thursday. even cooler weather expected for tomorrow. then as we head into the weekend, temperatures start to rise as high pressure builds back, 70s and 80s inland, again, by saturday. now for another check of your wednesday morning drive, here is mike. >> rob, looks like last couple of days, a later commute kicked in strong today, had some problems. sig alert across san mateo bridge has cleared. now we have traffic south of dumbarton bridge starting to look better for south 880. let me show you maps to south bay, moving nicely eastbound. sig alert completely cleared westbound san mateo bridge, starting to show breaks traveling across that flat section. no problems for dumbarton, 380, 880 crashes cleared. 101 palo alto, north of willow kicking in. >> back in 30 minutes for the next local news update. we'll see you again at 10:26.

from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from stewed,1a. >> hello, everybody. it's wines-day wednesday, just in time for me to feel better. i want to thank all of you for the best wishes yesterday. i didn't tell everybody i wasn't feeling well for sympathy.

i just wanted to create suspense that i might barf at some point in the hour. >> you're all back? >> it's one of those things where i thought you never know how it's going to go. i found the key is less than 24 hours, just drink water. no fizzy stuff, no crackers, don't do anything. >> sometimes that works. you don't put anything that might have a desire to come up. thanks, everybody. >> a.j. clemente was the sank ore at bismarck. >> for one day. >> it ended quickly. it ended in a matter of seconds. >> morality failed for all of us. >> he cursed on the air. his explanation was they came on 30 seconds before they were supposed to and he was unaware they were on the air.

he was cursing, because he was trying to pronounce the name of the marathon winner. he couldn't say it. >> he also dropped the f-bomb. >> so letterman had some fun with this youngman. >> right down letterman's alley. let's see. >> here's what happens. take a look. >> a.j. clemente was fired by kfyr after this unfortunate incident on his first day. >> [ bleep ]. after being relieved of the position, he said he's now proud to curse for you. he will curse at your corporate events, birthday parties. [ bleep ] bar mitzvahs [ bleep ] or just to tell that special someone you love her. act now and get half off golf appearances by tiger woods. don't delay and book today. >> oh, my gosh.

hopefully he's having a sense of humor about it, because he was with savannah and matt earlier, and he did explain why, sort of. >> kind of. >> i was looking down action i'm going over my script, my coanchor happens to be looking at the camera and she notices the red light came on. we came on 30 seconds early. i'm going on the london marathon is my second story. there is literally three names i don't know how to pronounce at all. >> you're practicing. as you kept messing them up, you got frustrated, and you thought you had time before you went on the air. >> and fireball shot came right out of my mouth. >> fireball shot. >> okay. you know what? i feel for the guy, i really do. it will be interesting to see what happening as a result. i think most people feel like

[ bleep ] -- shoot that could have been me. we all make mistakes. you wonder how systemic that is in him. >> it was his first day. we've all had horrible weekends. >> he had been on the weekend before. >> and he was promoted. >> you kind of wonder who should lose their job, poor a.j. or the person who hired him. oh, gosh. jimmy fallon was having some fun, as he tends to do. >> can't the man have a career without us? >> i don't think so. let's look. >> let's take a look at the pros and cons of nbc earth week. pro -- a recycling plant can store millions of bottles. con -- so can kathie lee and hoda's wine fridge. >> it's all organic. >> and judge not lest ye be

judged. >> and we have some more -- >> my liver is in shock. >> we ran out. this is all that's left. >> it's a special. tell me how it is, hoda woman. she was drinking before the show. i sigh lipstick spots on before it. >> all right. let's talk about some kids at a dance. there's a dance that is going on among eighth graders at a school in new jersey, and the principal of the middle school decided he didn't like how risque some of the girls were dressing, so she told them that they should have straps. you can't wear a strapless dress, you must have straps, and she decided the dresses would be distracting to boys. that's why the girls should make sure that they wore straps,

which would apparently change how the men felt if there was a tiny piece of cloth there. >> just put them in hazmat suits and call it a night. it does trouble me that the sexualization of young people long before they are -- basically have not even grown their brains yet and they're already so sexually active. i do understand what she's trying to say, but it's not really here from up that's the problem really. some of the prom dresses are so short that it's far more revealing -- >> yeah, i think so. >> if i were a true -- at that school, that's what i would do. i would take my strapless dress and shorten it like crazy. take that fabric and make straps, but i would have it up to the wazoo

♪ if i were a slut girl ♪ la, la, la, la, >> this is a very serious news story. >> for someone to say put on a sweater over your dress, i just adopt want that to interfere with my daughter's self-esteem. i would never let my daughter walk out of the house in something inappropriate. >> for guys, they're not going to do anything inappropriate. >> i don't want to waste my money just because i bought a dress that doesn't have straps. >> apparently they just announced this, and a lot of kids had already purchased their dress. >> their dance isn't until june. i think it's strange. >> and it's being held at a venue away from the school. the school apparently is not paying for it? is that right? we don't know. we're not sure. i think separate and apart from anything that is not at the school. >> here's the school's

statement -- the school district has a policy regarding dress code which is universally applied to the school day and school events. we regret that a small number of families are upset by this, and we welcome their input and communication. the board of education regularly reviews and rye vises this policy. >> sorry. no, i think there's classy and there's trashy. >> and straps don't make it one or the other. >> and you know it when you see it. i've seen some beautiful dresses that are strapless, and some trashy long ones. >> let's show that picture of j.lo in the versace thing. >> we do want to know what you think. is the principal doing the right thing, telling girls they need to wear straps. >> i think the motivation is right, i think she just didn't think it through. let's talk about "the voice."

>> no, beyonce. beyonce is upset, okay? apparently when she was performing at the super bowl there were some photographs taken by photographers, and she didn't like them, because she looked like that, and like that. so, anyway, she said this was a group called budfe -- buzzfeed.com. they said here are the pictures that beyonce doesn't want you to see. and she was upset. >> you know, that's part of being a celebrity. there's unflattering pictures of you, anyway. forget about it and keep moving on. she's a beautiful woman, an amazing talent. she just drew attention to it, and we wouldn't be talking about if if she hunt made something about it. >> we all have terrible photos

taken, but whatever it is, and especially if you're her, we know you're gorgeous and we know the pictures aren't great. >> anybody in one second can be caught in an unflattering -- >> but i think it speaking to a bigger issue. >> that's my concern. we love beyonce. i didn't love the title of her last show, i don't like the dress she's wearing in the tour, i get upset, i think she's brilliantly talented, but she's so talented she doesn't need to go down that road. >> trying to control the situation. let he talent speak. >> yes. there are talented people on "the voice." >> that's what i hear. this is are the battle rounds. they sang a song? spanish written by shakira, or sung by her, anyway. let's listen.

♪ ♪ >> okay. so the little girl, the smaller woman -- >> we could hardly hear her in here. all i heard was the second girl singing. >> this is a really big dramatic moment. so the smaller girl, the shorter girl ended up the littler one, and -- >> let vertical challenge. >> she was chosen by shakira. it was over, the other one was crying, so she's leaving the stage, she's free to be stolen

and everyone sits there. she's walking away. it's over. she's walking away and usher staring at his button and hits it and saving her. she's crying again. it's drama, when you lose and then you win. it's so exciting. she won. >> so they're all moving forward. >> those are. >> is that it? >> yeah. so they sang "wanted you more" by lady antebellum. ♪ something in you must have changed ♪ ♪ all the words unspoken ♪ promises broken ♪ i cry for long ♪ wasted too much

♪ not knowing what went wrong the second girl i thought -- she sounds like trisha yearwood and then sounded like kelly clarkson. i liked the guy, a lot of soulfulness. so what happened there? >> well, who do you like? who would you have picked? >> honestly we're -- enough, so i have to go with the second girl. >> you're right. that's who adam chose. >> what about the poringen kids, the plond kids. >> they got booted. that's over, out. should we say congrats? >> yes, yes, yes. we love our curtis stone. we feel like we own him. >> we made him. >> actually tammy did. >> but we absolutely love him from pieces. he's done one of the most unbelievable cookbooks, "what's for dinner" and he made the "new york times" list. bobbi will, too.

>> she's on a roll. >> number 19 or something. >> she's rockin' it. >> hi, sarah. >> hi, guys. i'm here to remind you the most deserving mom contest sponsored by expedia.com. you can take anywhere in the world to go on a norwegian cruise line. go to the website and tell us about your mother. we have our kentucky derby hat contest. people get crazy with it. go to our website, and snap a picture of your original creation and you may be sent to the kentucky derby. >> thank you, miss sarah. >> all kinds of party down there, too. "people" magazine's most beautiful people in the world. you, hoda. >> that's never happening. and some a-listers and regular everyday people, right after this. [ male announcer ] digiorno? or delivery?

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♪ you sexy thing as you might already know gwyneth paltrow was revealed as "people" magazine's world's most beautiful woman. she's having a great year. >> there were a few surprises this time around. julie jordan is a senior writer at "people." hello. >> this always cause as firestorm, because people's idea of beauty differs. it's a very subjective thing. >> we never get arguments in the fall with the world's sexiest man. >> remember who you're talking about i want but everyone is deserving. >> beyonce was last year? >> um-hmm. >> how is she still not the most beautiful woman in the world. >> it's a reign, and then you agreesfully step aside. send of like the miss america pageant. >> tell us about the choosing. >> this is her mom.

"iron man 3" is coming out. her cookbook was on the number one list. she has really embraced her role as mom. i was with her, her kids came and played. they were gnomal kids. >> how old? >> she's 8 and 7. >> she is liked like 25 years old. >> it looks like she doesn't wear a lot of makeup. >> her mom is a beautiful woman. >> she says she works hard at it. this is her job, and she's first to admit that exercise sucks. she hates it. >> does she do yoga? >> the tracy anderson movement. >> that makes her on some lists the most annoying. some people say i wish -- i'm not trying to put her down for it, but i'm trying to explain why -- >> she's a working mom, too, so

she has guilt the same way as all of us do. >> halle berry, first-timers like tim mcgraw and justin timberlake. >> i tim credits his wife for changing his life. >> he stopped drinking. >> all healthy, and justin is with jessica. they really have a good relationship. >> i love the fairy tales. >> i do, too. >> a couple seconds, but who is henry caviel. >> he's the new superman. >> tell us about him. >> henry is adorable. it's fun. this year we asked everyone what have you learned to embrace about yourself? so traits and personality quirks, and he said he's a complete geek. i'm not sure we'll see him as a geek, but that's who he is on the inside. >> julie, you're adorable.

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sarah has several. >> the first is the win the caption from last week. michelle had the winning -- how dare hoda give me this hand-me-down book. >> now, that i like. funny. we'll reveal the next caption one that we love. that's what you get for -- >> she was sharing. >> moving on to our first photo in hastings, minnesota. look at the condoms right next to the kids' stuff. isn't it a little late for this? >> they call it a pleasure pack. great. great. >> of course they do. >> ultra-ribbed kind. >> sorry, hoda, we're throwing you down. the nebs photo is right here, which is -- this is how kathie lee feels during -- >> what kind of segment has this

turned into. the next one is,joen thompson -- whoever stole our plunger, not funny. return it. hurry. you know beep is going down when they put it on the sign. >> i like they said whomever. this is the photo for next week. submit your captions. >> cutee thing ever. we'll be right back. l a gold for cheddar. and that's high-praise. because after tasting wheels of cheese, wedges of cheese and bricks of cheese... our aged reserve's rich, full flavor was considered... the champion of cheese. cracker barrel. it's cheddar, perfected. now you be the judge. enjoy a champion cheese, anytime. ♪

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good morning to you. it is 10:0026. i'm marla tellez. police and sheriff's deputies all over the bay area are on the lookout for a serial car thief who has made his mark in at least five bay area counties. here he is. 42-year-old dmitry last seen in monterey county on april 17th where officers say he stole a gray mercedes. it was later found in palo alto. authorities think he also stole vehicles in sonoma, marin, santa cruz and monterey counties in early april. we'll have a look at weather and traffic after the break. well, he showed up in a van. [ women ] oh-awww. [ voices in background ] [ female announcer ] swapportunity. the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a delicious 90 calorie yoplait light. ♪ sorry... about your date, the details of your date. [ female announcer ] just one swap a day helps keep the calories away. yoplait. it is so good.

we're now seeing hazy sunshine inland across the bay area, mostly 50s around san francisco and san jose. 63 livermore. highs today, mid-60s around the inner bay, mid-70s around san jose. still around 80 in fairfield. tomorrow will be a bit cooler with morning clouds lingering a bit longer. for the weekend expect to see highs warming up. >> tough route through san jose. live shot jammed up approaching 880. downtown jamming 880, relief and slowing past lawrence expressway. earlier crash at wolf. a fire under the overpass, crews heading out there. so far nothing else besides a brush fire reported. we'll track that. sig alert for 580 cleared in westbound direction. much better news. back to you. >> thank you, mike. here is another traffic-related story. if you ride b.a.r.t. you can see

how crowded the trains are before you ever step on board. visit b.a.r.t.'s website to plan your trip through its quick planner program. it will show icons with a different number of heads. three heads mean you can expect heavy crowding. we'll have a live report from bob redell on that story plus other top stories coming up in 30 minutes jon kelley and i. hope to see you at 11:00. ♪ we keep waitin' ♪ on the world to change we're back with more of "today." we're really to play "who knew?" we thought we would find out how much you know about saving the planet. kathie lee is across the street ready to hand out 100 bucks to those who get the questions right. for those who don't, they get her cd. lucky dogs. here to help me out is cofounder of the sharing site yertl.com.

>> it's a great earth week so far. >> adam hasn't seen the crowd. just kidding. a lovely lady from ontario. how many trees are saved per every ton of recycled paper? 5, 10, 13 or 17 trees? how would the average person know? >> i would say 13 trees. >> you're close, though. but your grandchild will love this. >> all right. >> so 17 trees? >> it's amazing what we can do with recycling. just be rye cycling a ton of paper, we also save 7,000 gallons of water and 3,000 gallons of oil. and we can do better at recycling. >> we'll work on that. >> she knows from texas i'm having trouble. true owes false. >> 37 two-liter bottles produce one square yard of carpet. >> true. >> how did you know that?

>> it's written on the card. >> do you work for 1-800-empire. >> no, but it's 50/50. >> the answer is true. we actually have 36 two-liter bottles over there. i didn't know you make carpet out of the bottles. >> you can do amazing thing with plastics. we shouldn't be throwing them away. about 75% of the bottled end up in the garbage. this is a good moment for reusing thing. >> since everyone started drinking bottled water, that's all over the place. back across the street. >> another lady from ontario. how quickly can glass go from recycling bin back to a store shelf? >> i'm going to go with the safe answer of c, four months. >> this will surprise you, i think. >> the answer here, 30 days? >> this is where glass is really incredible. most of the glass we're drinking out of has recycled glass out of

it. so our challenge right now is to use more and more of it. >> do most people have recycling capabilities in their neighborhoods? >> the rate is about 34%, here in new york it's about 15%. that's one thing that mayor bloomberg is committed to doing better on. >> look at this face on this beautiful girl from portland. her birthday was earth day. so happy birthday. >> thank you. >> true or false, recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to keep a 100-watt bulb burning for four hours. >> true. >> she's not just gorgeous, she's smart too. >> she's absolutely right. this also brings to the fore the really critical aid to climate change. to make glass you have to heat sand up to 2600 degrees, and it takes a lot of energy to do it. >> this is a girl from

portland's mom, who says she wants the whole world to know that her daughter is single. not for long, honey. how much can recycling divert from a landfill? >> i will go with 20 million. >> i don't think so. you're going to love this. >> we have so much stuff. i read recently that the average american has 62 legos, and there's enough lego -- 62 for every man, woman and child in the planet that have already been created. so instead of storing stuff out, we need to share more effectively and use them together. coming up next, the best app.s to save you as much as 50% off your next vacation, coming up right after this.

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s. >> i mostly dated boomers, you didn't have to explain that mccartney was just a solo act. >> i imagine it makes them feel more youthful. >> absolutely. i think when you get out there and date and you're a man, i think there's a rumor that men only want to date women, and that scares women. it's not true. >> as you evolved as a human being, has your thought process evolved as well? not just looks or firm bodies? have you learned something, ken? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> because he's adorable. >> actually the woman i'm in a relationship now with is my very best friend, something i don't think i enjoyed in the past, so picking somebody who is also a friend, it's about trust. >> camaraderie. >> wasn't it intriguing to date a younger woman.

when you look at pictures, they look just thrilled to be standing next to that girl? >> no, really i didn't go there. i had one date with a younger woman, but that was it. it was too uncomfortable. >> what's in it for the women when they're dating an older man? do they have their hand on the wallet? is it about that? >> i think we live in times when people like to experiment with different things. i think a lot of women feel it is a status symbol to go out with someone older than them, and there can be some benefits, but the more you have in common with someone, the better the likelihood it will work out. >> did you think, ken, 25 years now dating, that's what my life will be about, the serial thing. >> well, it takes great stamina to stay in the pool, especially online. you have to take a break once in a while. i think online dating is

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if beethoven made breakfast. [ female announcer ] in just 60 seconds, you can't get more italian. it's on. let's roll. good morning, everybody. thank you very much for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> good morning, i'm marla tellez. new details this morning on the busted bolts on the new eastern span of the bay bridge. engineers talk about new problems on the bridge. kristi smith joins us live in oakland where she just got out of that meeting. kristi, what did they say?

>> reporter: good morning, marla. we're getting ideas how they plan to repair the bolts bolts on the new span of the bay bridge. they narrowed it down to two options. they didn't pick one. they do say hydrogen was one of the problems that caused these bolts to fail in the first place. there's still a question of why the hydrogen was present. that's what we discussed with the hydrogen oversight committee. one is a steel collar that would hold a seismic device in place. option two is what they call a steel saddle. a contractor has placed a steel order for both of them. the fabricator is on the island. 280 high-strength steel rods. they were installed. in march, 32 of them broke under tension. that steel painted in 2008 and hydrogen made them too brittle. a second batch in 2010 held up. it held up for two weeks. the problem is they need to stand for decades.

they were supposed to be identical and custom. >> sort of bought out of the catalog, instead of being tailor made. they are playing an important role holding down these seismic safety elements. >> it can't be replaced. it's a narrow area. they can't be pulled out and new ones put in because they range in height and there's only 5 feet of clearance, so looking at a work aron. >> meantime retired engineer has said more could snap unless caltrans replaces bolts with less vulnerable steel. in his opinion no one was paying attention to the possibility the steel would be brittle. caltrans say they lan to meet with him again on monday. for now the labor day opening is a go but up in the air. they are not sure if construction will be finished then. we're expected to know more on thne